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Militarist vs Reformist - What's the difference?

militarist | reformist |

As nouns the difference between militarist and reformist

is that militarist is one who believes in the use of military force while reformist is one who advocates reform (of an institution).

As an adjective reformist is

advocating reform of an institution or body.

militarist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who believes in the use of military force.

    • Related terms

    * militarism * militant * bellicist

    Antonyms

    * pacifist

    reformist

    English

    (Reformism)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Advocating reform of an institution or body.
  • * 1913
    • [...] all the prose is German, all reformist, all moralising, and has little or practically no echo of antiquity.
  • Specifically, advocating reform and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.

    • Antonyms

    * (advocating small changes ) revolutionary

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who advocates reform (of an institution).
  • Specifically, one who advocates reform of society and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
  • An advocate of reform in the Church of England; a Reformer.
  • An advocate or supporter of political reform in the United Kingdom. (Common from ca 1790 to 1830.)
  • A member of a reformed religious denomination.

    • References

    * * Hélyot, Dictionnaire des Ordres Religieux , Paris, Migne, 1850

    Quotations

    * (seeCites) (entry for reformist in the Oxford English Dictionary, first edition)

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